Troy
ends Prairie's seasonThe Prairie Pirates managed to keep it close for a half but Troy pulled
away in the second half to end Prairie’s season 33-46 at District Tuesday,
Feb. 21.
Prairie was never able to lead in the game but trailed just 7-8 at
the end of the first quarter when Justin Schmidt scored a putback in the
final seconds.
Prairie still trailed by just 1 at 11-12 in the second quarter when
Troy scored 5 straight points and were able to lead by as many as 7 at
13-20 before a putback by Tyler Hankerson that made it 15-20 at the half.
Prairie scored first in the second half when Marcus Higgins drove in
for a lay-up but Troy answered with a 2-12 run that put the Trojans up
19-32.
Prairie scored the final 4 points of the quarter to close within 23-32
but that was as close as they would get as Troy scored the first 10 points
of the fourth quarter to put the game away.
Seth Chaffee wound up leading the Pirates in scoring with 10 points
with Higgins scoring 7, Hankerson 5, Schmidt and Casey Danly 3 each, Rhett
Schlader and Lucas Arnzen 2 each and Dylon Bruegeman 1.
Prairie had a 26-21 rebounding edge led by Arnzen with 6.
Chaffee had 2 steals and Higgins had 2 assists.
Prairie was 11 for 36 from the field, 31%, and 11 for 17 at the line,
65%. Troy was 18 for 40 from the field, 45%, and 5 for 6 at the line, 83%.
With the loss, Prairie ends their season with an 8-15 record.
Prairie 7 8 8 10 -33
Troy 8 12 12 14 -46
Prairie-Schlader 0-5, 2-2, 2; M. Higgins 3-9, 1-2, 7;
Lorentz 0-1, 0-2, 0; Schmidt 1-2, 1-2, 3; Chaffee 4-8, 2-2, 10; Hankerson
2-7, 1-1, 5; Arnzen 1-3, 0-0, 2; J. Higgins 0-0, 0-0, 0; Danly 0-0, 3-4,
3; Bruegeman 0-1, 1-2, 1; Wilson 0-0, 0-0, 0; Ross 0-0, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-none.Troy-Illi 2-3, 0-0, 4; Nelson 3-7, 0-0, 8; Memmott 2-8,
0-0, 6; B. Malm 4-6, 4-4, 12; Ka. Hoskins 3-6, 0-0, 6; Self 2-2, 0-0, 5;
Wright 2-5, 1-2, 5; Menter 0-1, 0-0, 0; T. Malm 0-0, 0-0, 0; Ke. Hoskins
0-1, 0-0, 0; Sandquist 0-1, 0-0, 0. 3-pointers-Nelson 2, Memmett 2, Self.Two
shoot perfect scoresDespite the strong, cold wind it was another fantastic day of shooting
for everyone at the Gun Club Sunday, with two shooters hitting perfect
scores.
Starting off in AA class, Lowell Mader, Jim Ewing, and Ralph Terhaar
all had scores of 23 while Pepper Harman and Derek Schafer both notched
22.
Jake Rowland scored the first 25 of the week, leading the way in A
class, while Darrell Uhlorn and Ryan Mader weren't far off the pace with
23.
Shane Poxleitner tallied the clubs' other 25 this week in besting B
class, while Jean Spencer, Kyle Bruegeman and JR McAfee all shot 21.
In C class, Jeff North was top gun, hitting 23 while Ben Havens scored
a 22.
Amanda Kaschmitter led the way in D class, firing a 19 Dylon and Devin
Bruegeman just off the pace with 17 each.
Moving on to Long Handicap, Andy Uhlorn led from long distance, hitting
23 while Ralph Terhaar and Jim Ewing both had 19. Short Handicap
leader this week was Jake Rowland, hitting 24, with Derek Schafer hitting
23. Round out the top scores in Short Handicap were Lowell Mader,
Shane Poxleitner, Brandon Poxleitner, and Jesse Bruegeman, all with 22.
In Doubles, Brandon Poxleitner took charge hitting 43, while Jake Rowland
hit 35 and Shane Poxleitner had 33.
Finally in Continentals, Brandon Poxleitner and Ralph Terhaar led the
way with 21 apiece and Jake Rowland scored 20.
Still more fun to be had with 2 weeks to go, and don't forget to join
us on Saturday, March 10th for the World Famous Cottonwood Gun Club Sausage
Shoot.

PIRATES
BOYS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE FOR 2011-12

JV games start at 6 p.m., varsity to follow unless indicated
*indicates league game